As the NBA Players Association’s search for a new executive director drags on, one can’t help but wonder if it will have a happy ending. Right now, that’s hard to foresee.
The search has been plagued by inefficiency from the beginning. The low level of transparency has opened the search up charges of manipulation as various factions from inside and outside the union try to exert influence over the process.
Add to all of this the horrible timing of the process and

There have been some fair comparisons drawn between the current 17-game winning streak of the San Antonio Spurs and the remarkable 27-game run put together a year ago by the Miami Heat.
Both teams expect to compete for the NBA championship. Both teams found their rhythm at the most opportune time of the season. Both teams stormed to the league’s best record and home court advantage throughout the playoffs.
There are obvious differences as well. For one, San Antonio still needs 10

I always get a kick at this time of year when a team when a deadbolt lock lottery pick is bounced early in the NCAA Tournament.
We already saw Duke (Jabari Parker) upset in the first round. And yes, it was the first round, despite what the NCAA wants you to believe.
Kansas (Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid) went down in the second round. Duke and Kansas had been both expected to play into this weekend. Neither did.
So, the breathless question after

PHILADELPHIA— Jimmy Fallon, sportscasters throughout the country and op-ed columnists can stop making them the butt of jokes and wisecracks now.
The Philadelphia 76ers will only share a piece of the record book, rather than having it all to themselves.
By scoring 70 first-half points on their way to a 123-98 blowout of the totally disinterested Detroit Pistons here last night, the Sixers avoided the ignominy of owning professional sports’ all-time losing streak. Never will a team be so willing and grateful

The Nets and Bulls are on course for a potential rematch of last year’s first-round playoff series.
Is this the ideal scenario for Brooklyn? As they say in the borough, “Fuhgeddaboudit!”
It’s been a frigid winter in Brooklyn, and a trip to the “Windy City” could dampen any hopes of the Nets springing ahead to the next round.

NBA playoff teams in need of help can still find a difference maker before the deadline arrives for setting postseason rosters.
All they need to do is look overseas.
With the playoffs less than a month away, and the trade deadline and “February free agency” in the distant past, NBA teams are typically left to rely on the D-League to provide injury replacement players at this point of the season.
With players needing to have been released by their previous NBA team by

There is a curious thing happening right now. As the search for the replacement Executive Director for Billy Hunter at the NBA players’ union drags into its second year with no end in sight, there is a tremendous void not being filled.
The league and Commissioner Adam Silver, being bright and experienced, have decided to take this opportunity and fill it themselves.
The missing element is the voice of the players. And their silence is deafening.
As the NBPA office continues to shrink

As it often does, the NCAA Tournament provided a wild first weekend.
Mercer saved Warren Buffett $1 billion, Dayton won the state of Ohio and reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in 30 years, Stanford sent Andrew Wiggins and Kansas packing, and the young Kentucky Wildcats ended Wichita State’s dream season.
So out of the 32 second and third-round games won by the 16 teams still in contention for the national championship, what statistical trends and insights can we gain